Hi Dark, Well, it is certainly true the cost of most Sapi voices have gone down in price. Most are reasonably priced about $30 to $45 USD which is well within a person's budget. At least most of the time.
However, I disagree about Microsoft Mike, Mary, and Sam. In my opinion those are some of the absolutely worst voices on the market, and I am personally glad Microsoft finally discontinued them. The voices on Windows 8 are much more human sounding, and are almost as good as the Vocalizer voices. Even if someone doesn't want to upgrade to Windows 8 there are much better voices available for XP than the default Microsoft Sapi voices, and I can't really blame anyone for hating Sapi if all they have is the garbage voices like Mike, Mary, and Sam. I think if I were in that situation I'd take Eloquence over something like Mike or Sam myself. Cheers! On 3/6/14, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > that is likely true regarding people's feelings, however equaly that > arguement isn't really a tenable one anymore sinse the days when a high > quality voice would cost you 200 quid or so are gone so your not really > talking sky rocket prices. Plus, on a personal level I'd actually rather > have one of the default ms voices such as mike than eloquence anyway, though > > this is likely me. > > All the best, > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
